Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
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The London postmen want to be
called letter-carriers as their American
brethren are, and have petitioned the
postmaster general to that effect.
Paris, where ~caricature has reached
its highest development is TO have
an exhibition Of comic art from the be-
ginning of the century to the present
time.
A Philadelphia NcUS reporter learns
that about four thousand tons of
domestic and eight hundred tons OF
foreign grapes arc sold in that city
every year.
1t is said that hawks are frequently
seen flying southwark on the approach
of winter, but are never seen on the
return flight. thought found again in
the north when the winter is past.
Europe's annual expenditures for
armies and fleets is So, S67, 900, 600.
The national debts incurred by war
aggregate $24, 1l3, 057, Goo, on which
81, 900, 900, 900 is annually paid vi for
interest.
A new locomotive built for one of
the New York roads is so long that
zone of the turntables can turn
1t, and the monster machine therefore
II not be USED. 1t was intended for
an express train.
George Westinghouse has bought
600 acres of Pittsburg suburban land
for about 5000, 600. Nobody seems Ia
know what he is going to do with it,
but it is remembered that he is in
terested in a scheme for the manufact.
ure of cheap fuel gas.
Mrs. Eagles, an elderly woman of
Campbell county, Virginia, expressed
the wish shortly before her death that
her gold watch be buried with her.
The wish was carried out, and within
n week the grave was opened in the
night and the watch stolen.
Mrs. Sheridan was regarded rs one
of the handsomest women seen at
the Philadelphia celebration, Her eyes
are large, brown, and beautiful, and
she has a special fancy for brown
costumes which are an admirable
match for those attractive eyes.
DR.. John c. L'Engle, of Jackson
vile, Fla, has an old typewriter that
isn't for sale. The number on it is
''565." 1t came ashore in its nearly
water tight case a number Of years
ago, having douhtlessly formed a part
of the cargo of a vessel lost at sea.
Miss Phyllis de Bath, Sir Henry
Bathc's youngest daughter, has made
the match of the London season. She
is to marry Sir Saville Benton Cross
ley, Extraordinarily, amiable dis.
position, Iiberal-UniOnist NJ. p, and
the happy possessor of f45, 600 a year.
State Senator Potter of Michigan has
a horse, Old Colonel, which is 43years
old. He was broke to drive in 1S47,
and in 1862 began as one of four on
the stage-coach line between Jackson
and Eaton Rapids. He helped to haul
twenty-five delegates to the first re-
publican convention that ever was held.
From 1862 TO 1865 he served in a Michi.
gan cavalry regiment. At a salo of
government horses his old s~tage-driver
picked him up and sold him to Senator
Potter.
A curious conveyance is a Compton
carryall, described by a correspondent.
This is an ingenious contrivance, re-
sembling an ordinary milk-wagon,
with two seats in it. 1t is supposed to
hold any number of people, and one
poor horse is supposed to draw them.
Entrance is gained over the horses
tail, and to reach the back seat
necessitates climbing over the front
one. The getting in" of this vehicle
is no small part of the ride, and is not
exceeded in difficulty even by the
''gettin' out
The Oroville (Cal.) Mercury youches
for the following: "Charles Sadowski
has a curiosity in the shape Of a half
grown lemon. 1t was picked by one
of his little children from a tree in his
yard on Pine street. The lemon
almost perfectly represents a hand with
a ball inclosed in it. The thumb and
index finger look very natural and
protrude free from the imaginary ball,
while the remaining three fingers press
the BAH firmly in the palm of the hand,
which tapers gracefully into an almost
perfect wrist. AT first sight one
would believe that the whole had been
nodded in wax"
A white squall is n which produces
no diminution of light. This furious
and dangerous gust appears in clear
weather without any other warning
than the white foam it occasions on
the surface of the sea and a very thin
haze. 1t usually breaks upon a vessel
when she is totally unprepared for such
a strain upon her canvas and conse-
| quently proves one of the most danger
| Gus forms of the ~sailsr's existence. A
black squall is far less dangerous, as
it is usually preceded by an accumuia-
ton of dark clouds and accompanied
by heavy rain. Time is thus given to
trim sails and to avert peril.
Albert Thomas, an intelligent negro
who lives near Swedesboro, Gloucester
county, n. j., is gradually becoming
white. Three years ago white spots
began to appear OF his hands, which
in a short time became altogether
white. Then the spots began to show
themselves on his face and body and
now he is about half white and expects
to become n Caucasian in appearance
in "A few years more. Thomas is about
so years old and has travelled a great
deal both in this and foreign countries.